Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-616
Advisory Release Date: 2024-05-09 17:16 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-15 19:36 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.
The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances. (CVE-2023-6597)
Affected Packages:
python3.9
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update python3.9 --releasever 2023.4.20240513 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python3-tkinter-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3-devel-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3-idle-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3.9-debugsource-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3-debug-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3-libs-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
python3-test-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.aarch64
noarch:
python-unversioned-command-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.noarch
src:
python3.9-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.src
x86_64:
python3-devel-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3-tkinter-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3-idle-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3.9-debugsource-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3-debug-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3.9-debuginfo-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3-libs-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64
python3-test-3.9.16-1.amzn2023.0.8.x86_64